Looking for something to inspire your local choir or choral society? Our extensive range of choral repertoire includes works for Mixed Choir, Male Voice Choir, Female Voice Choir, Children’s & Youth Choirs, and Senior’s Choir, singing a Capella, with piano accompaniment, and with various other ensembles up to full orchestra.
Choral singing began to take form in the 9th & 10th Centuries, with the unison Gregorian Chant or Plain Chant. From the early Renaissance period, through composers like Palestrina , di Lasso and William Byrd true polyphonic choral music blossomed, and crescendo-ed through to a wonderful climax with Thomas Tallis’ Spem in alium for 40 parts, divided into 8 choirs.
As the form developed through the Renaissance into the Baroque period, composers such as Bach, Telemann and Händel gave the choir more and more autonomy, and through early operas and oratorios, married solo voices, choirs and orchestras together, to create these new musical forms, and inspired audiences with combinations of colours and sounds they had never before experienced.
Although there were many operas and oratorios written in the Classical period, sacred music also took a prominent role in shaping the development of choral music. While the chorus became a very useful tool on stage, Haydn, Mozart, Schubert and Beethoven composed many Masses, Requiems, Te Deums and Anthems to help brighten the world of church music, and uplift the hearts and souls of the congregation.
As opera continued to expand and stretch dramatic boundaries, choral music of the Romantic period was characterised by choral motets and anthems, and the oratorio grew into an even more varied and contrasting form. The oratorios Elijah and Paul are particularly noteworthy, since despite using Sacred themes, through the various musical facets at Mendelssohn’s disposal, they began to take on a much more operatic narrative. This can also be seen in the Requiems of Brahms and Verdi, where the choir itself, along with the orchestra, lead the dramatic storytelling.
Through the 20th Century, composers such as Ralf Vaughan Williams, Anton Webern, Arnold Schönberg, Benjamin Britten and Edward Elgar composed extensively for varying choral forces. Through these composers and many others, we begin to see choirs being tested and stretched, both technically and dramatically, and being pushed out of their comfort zone in order to inspire, shock and entice the audience. Works like Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius and Schönberg’s Friede auf Erden made a huge impact on the choral landscape.
In the modern era, new choral genres such as Gospel Choir, Pop Ensembles and Jazz & Swing emerged. Composers like John Rutter, Karl Jenkins, Bob Chilcott and Andrew Lloyd Webber have become very popular.
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 659030
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 798117
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 348938
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 632325
for: Choir
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 1561986
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 329995
for: Children's choir (SSS), piano; rhythm group (piano [keyboard], guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 656189
An Oratorio Based on the old Testament Text
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 205773
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 984565
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 984517
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 984512
for: Mixed choir (SATB divisi), piano; string quartet ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 984498
Oratorio in Three Parts HWV 56
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists (SAATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116219
for: Soloists, male choir, orchestra
Conductor score
Item no.: 745236
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Conductor score
Item no.: 696423
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 696358
Gospels and Spirituals for mixed choir (partly with piano)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir book, Audio-CD
Item no.: 680987
for: Mixed choir (SATB divisi); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1684377
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1673140
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano, flute; double bass ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1343424
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 630163
TTBB with TB Semi-Chorus, Piano, War Drum and Guitar
Walton Choral
for: Male choir (TTTBBB), piano, guitar, drum
Choir score
Item no.: 683350
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 662580
for: Mixed choir (SATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1711566
for: 4 soloists (SMezTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 677245
Kantate BuxWV 4
Stuttgarter Buxtehude-Ausgabe
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 677233
for: Solo voices, mixed choir, baroque orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 327527
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1008895
for: Soloists, mixed choir, strings, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1615907
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir book
Item no.: 673503
for: Soloists, mixed choir, children's choir, orchestra
Conductor score
Item no.: 242044
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1627538
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1627534
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1619963
Nr. 4 aus: Spirit Songs. Five arrangements for choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1676847
Swiss Composers Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1671752
Klassik
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1103121
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123516
Klassik
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1103184
Gentry Publications
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1585966
for 12-part mixed choir
tizenkétszólamú vegyeskarra
for: Mixed choir (SSSAAATTTBBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 822595
Modern Madrigal No. 2
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 952384
for choir (SATB) and soprano solo
for: Solo voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 677196
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1103234
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1093208
Klassik
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 964687
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1103590
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1037216
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